Improvement in blank-books



1.0.B1GNNELL Blank-Books.

10,135,760 Patented Feb-.11,1873l V7 Y Figi AM. moro-umoGHAPH/c co. 1w(amm/efe momes.)

UNITED STATES PATnNT .,gQrrron JOHN C. BONNELL, OF BURLINGTON, lOl'fVA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLANK-BOOKS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,760, dated February11,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. BoNNnLL, of Burlington, in the county of DesMoines and State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Blank-Books,of which the following is a specification The invention consists inablank-book which is adapted to many kinds of business, but isparticularly intended for railroad agents. It has theadvantage ofeconoinizing paper, while it is peculiarly advantageous to agents inenabling them to see the state of any account at a glance.

In the drawing, Figure lisa plan View, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

A represents the space in which is entered the office at which the saleis made; C, the space in which is entered the name ofthe buyer; D, thespace in which the form of coupon is stated; E, the space for throughrate; F, the numeral Vdesignation of the coupon or coupons 5 G, thespace in which is indicated the class to which they belong; and H, thespace in which is placed the pecuniary aggregate to which the saleamounts. These together form a general space, K, that extends from topto bottom of page, and which is repeated nowhere else in the book. Allthe other parts of this folio and all the space on the other folios arefor the name of company,

under which are rate and amount columns. The

. Of course,

substantially the manner first folio a is made of full size, while eachsucceeding one, b, is curtailed of a length and breadth of paper exactlyequal to the space K, or one-fth of each folio. This lessens the cost ofsuch a book nearly twenty per cent., while the name of each buyer andthe amount paid by him are shown upon the same page, together `with theparticular office at which the purchase was made.

This blank-book, therefore, has the advantage of superior convenience asWell as a decided economy in the cost of manufacture. the plan offorming one general space, K, and arranging the columns thereon,

.as has been described, maybe applied to books for many purposes withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention. The space cut out of theshort folios may be blocked or iilled out with paper or other materialM.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isl As an article of manufacture, a blanlabookprovided with one full folio, while the remainder are out out and thevacant space filled, in

as and for the purpose set forth.

l JOHN C. BONNELL. Witnesses: Y

CHAs. A, GRONEY, RUssELL R. Dona.

